Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Snowglobe
Object Number:
2001.221
Date:
2001
Medium:
Plastic, water.
Description:
Snowglobe with clear, oval, plastic dome, and black plastic base. Inside of dome is a pastiche of the New York skyline- The Empire State Building, The Statue of Liberty and the Twin Towers. In the backround is the New York skyline and waterway.
Gallery Label:
This snowglobe was purchaced by the donor at a gift shop on Montague Street in Brooklyn on either 9/12 or 9/13/01 in an effort to document an example of a World Trade Center souvenir made before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Margaret Heilbrun
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
